The Vought F-8 Crusader was a successful carrier-based fighter, serving the US and French Navies until 1999. Known as "The Last of the Gunfighters," it was the final carrier-based jet equipped ...

Research paper published in the Journal of Aeronautical History by Prof Michael Weaver on An Examination ... with pilots and maintainers to add to existing biographies of the Vought F-8 Crusader in ...

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is working on a book about the history of homebuilt aircraft. Some pilots build airplanes just to travel far. On its 60th anniversary, pilots remember the Vought F-8 Crusader. Memorable flights ...